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San Francisco USF 14-21, 5-13 WCC
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Winner San Diego USD 18-19-1, 11-7 WCC
San Francisco USF
14-21, 5-13 WCC
7
Final
9
San Diego USD
18-19-1, 11-7 WCC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco USF 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 7 10 0
San Diego USD 0 2 2 0 4 1 0 0 X 9 10 0

W: Kysar, Ryan (1-0) L: JONES, Max (0-2) S: Gonzalez, Aídan (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Sunday Afternoon Victory Secures Sweep of San Francisco

Toreros take down Dons by 9-7 margin at Fowler Park for third consecutive win

SAN DIEGO — Three home runs and a resilient collective performance on the mound powered San Diego baseball (18-19-1) to a decisive 9-7 win over San Francisco (14-21, 5-13 WCC) on Sunday afternoon at Fowler Park, securing the Toreros their first sweep of the 2023 season.

With the win, USD moves to 11-7 in WCC play, good for a two-way tie for second place in the league standings with Portland.

BIG BATS STAY HOT
  • After the Dons struck first for a pair of runs in the top of the second, Ariel Armas immediately answered in the bottom of the frame with his third career homer, a two-run shot to the deepest part of Fowler Park (left-center) that knotted the score at 2-2.
  • An inning later, USD pushed ahead for their first lead of the afternoon when Will Worthington shot an opposite-field single through the right side and James Arakawa sent a sacrifice fly to center field to make it 4-2 in the Toreros' favor.
  • San Francisco hit back with two runs of their own in the top of the fifth on an RBI fielder's choice and a sacrifice fly to tie it at four, but San Diego again responded with authority, scoring four times in the bottom of the inning on a towering solo home run from Kevin Sim, a two-RBI double into the the right-center field gap from Austin Smith, and an RBI single from Justin DeCriscio, moving the score to 8-4.
  • Angelo Peraza rounded out the Toreros' scoring efforts in the top of the seventh by hammering a solo shot off of Fowler Park's batter's eye, giving his team a key insurance run as it extended its lead to 9-4.
  • The Dons scored once in the seventh and twice in the eighth on a pair of home runs but got no closer, earning the Toreros a critical 9-7 win on Sunday afternoon.
BUNNELL BATTLES, GONZALEZ CLOSES IT OUT
  • Jack Bunnell started Sunday's game on the mound for the Toreros and set new career-highs in both innings pitched and strikeouts by fanning six Dons across four frames.
  • He ultimately surrendered two runs on four hits while walking one, with both of the runs he allowed coming on a second-inning San Francisco two-run shot.
  • Ryan Kysar was first out of the bullpen in relief of Bunnell and set forth 2.1 frames, surrendering three earned runs on four hits while walking one and striking out one.
  • Ryan Robinson followed with 1.2 innings of two run, two-strikeout ball before he turned things over to Aídan Gonzalez, who earned his first career save on nine pitches as he tossed a perfect ninth.
TORERO TIDBITS
  • DeCriscio paced the USD offense with three hits, an RBI, and a walk on Sunday.
  • Smith was next with a 2-for-3 performance that included two RBIs.
  • Peraza, Sim, and Smith all scored two runs.
  • Peraza, Sim, and Brayden Grantham each drew two walks.
  • DeCriscio, Peraza, Sim, Worthington, and Arakawa all drove in a single run.
  • Sim's fifth-inning homer was his 13th of 2023, tying him for the West Coast Conference lead.
  • Armas' second-inning homer was his third in his last five games after hitting his first career college longball on April 15 against Portland.
  • Kysar received his first win of 2023 to move to 1-0, and Gonzalez earned his first career save.
  • San Diego's sweep of the Dons this weekend was its first of the 2023 season.
UP NEXT
The Toreros will close out their homestand on Tuesday with a midweek non-conference matchup against CSUN. First pitch at Fowler Park is set for 6:00 p.m.
 
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